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April 7, 2018

LEAD Cohort 6

APPD LEAD Cohort 6 Group Picture

Pictured: APPD LEAD Council and Cohort

Front Row (l to r): S. Hilgenberg, H. Haftel (Council), A. Bogetz, S. Ben-Zion, C. Michelson, K. Glass, S. Reed, J. Duncan, S. Mackie; Second Row (l to r): B. Bagga, L. Waggoner-Fountain (Council), M. Wroblewski, C. Smith-King, C. Boucher-Berry, H. Hsu, J. Barker, S. Aliaga, R. Newman; Third Row (l to r): R. Swan (Council), M. Anderson (Council), B. Vinci (Council), M. Vining, S. Li (Council Chair), J. Javed, J. Hallman-Cooper, R. Shugerman (Council), N. Burman

Cohort Members and Organizations:

Sofia Aliaga, MD, MPH
UNC Pediatrics

Bindiya Bagga, MD
University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center

Jennifer Barker, MD
Children’s Hospital / University of Colorado

Sabrina Ben-Zion, MD
CHMC / NEOMED

Claudia Boucher-Berry, MD
University of Illinois at Chicago

Natalie Burman, DO
Naval Medical Center-San Diego

Jennifer Duncan, MD
Washington University School of Medicine

Kristen Glass, MD
Penn State Hershey Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Jamika Hallman-Cooper, MD
Emory University / Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Sarah Hilgenberg, MD
Stanford University – LPCH Pediatric Residency Program

Howard Hsu, MD
Children’s Hospital & Medical Center

M. Jawad Javed, MD
University of Illinois / Children’s Hospital of Illinois

Stewart Mackie, MD
Baystate Children’s Hospital

Catherine Distler Michelson, MD, MMSc
Boston University School of Medicine

Ross Newman, DO, MHPE
Children’s Mercy Kansas City

Candace Smith-King, MD
Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital/MSU/Spectrum Health

Mark Vining, MD
Umass Memorial Medical Center

Mary Beth Wroblewski, MD
University of Toledo

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